zorg1000 on 03 May 2015
| Dunban67 said: IMO the Wii U is looking at 14 million sales for its effective lifetime (point in which its replacement is launched) Nintendo is getting out of the Wii U what it has put into it- They never seemed to have confidence in it and it has been evident to the market sales) and industry (3rd party, general media/ pr etc) They will have to put significant effort and investment into their next consoles early in their lifespans or they will end up w more Wii U situations) |
In many ways it seems like this was a transitional generation, this is their first handheld that uses 3D visuals to a large extent, DS was capable of it as seen by Mario 64 DS but for the most part they stuck to simple 2D visuals. It's also the first console to utilize HD visuals so with both of these factors, development times/costs have likely increased substantially compared to DS/Wii. With Iwata talking so much about unifying their devices to increase software output and make it easier to port games to/from each device, hopefully they can fix the situation and come back strong next-generation.
When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.
